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Although Emmy winning actor Jim Parsons is best known for his role as the hyper intelligent, socially-challenged, irrepressible Sheldon Cooper on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory, he will soon be known for playing another misfit. Parsons stars as Oh, a tiny purple creature, in the upcoming DreamWorks animation, Home. Based on the novel The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex, Home chronicles the adventures of Oh, a lovable misfit Boov who forms an unlikely friendship with Tip, a young girl who has been separated from her mother after the Boov colonize Earth to hide from their enemy. Through Oh and Tip’s journey, the movie emphasizes lessons on diversity, preconceived judgments and...

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